Financial burdens. Relationship difficulties. Loneliness. Whatever the reason, the number of suicides occurring in Lebanon County this year has local officials concerned. Thirteen people committed suicide in Lebanon County last year, one more than in 2009. Now, only midway through 2011, 13 people have already taken their lives, according to […]
The US takes pride in its separation of church and state, but the current political scene is ‘strangely’ religious. Lately, there would seem to be a whole lot more people who have a direct channel to the Big Guy Upstairs than one could have humanly thought possible. It is oft-said […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn inched closer on Tuesday to having U.S. sex assault charges against him dropped although a complaint of assault in France could pose a further hurdle to any political comeback. The New York Post cited an unnamed senior investigator as saying prosecutors would […]
By Dr. Naseer Tahir, Rochester, NY He had taken months to prepare and only two minutes to deliver it. On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg is undoubtedly the best speech in the history of the United States. But he was not the main speaker that day. Edward […]
By Annmarie Fertoli : Assistant Producer, WNYC/WQXR News A view of the electronic billboard – part of the Muslims for Peace campaign – in Times Square. (Courtesy Nusrat Qadir, Muslims for Peace Campaign) “Holidays like July Fourth, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, these are all prime opportunities to remind fellow Muslim youth that, you know […]
By Catrin Nye BBC Asian Network People usually think of religion in terms of a lifetime of commitment, but could you learn anything from trying one out for a month? The call to prayer sounds from Eyup Mosque in Istanbul and local Muslims gather on the marble square outside for […]
NAIROBI, Kenya: US military forces landed in Somalia to retrieve the bodies of dead or wounded militants after a US drone strike targeted a group of insurgents, Somalia’s defense minister told The Associated Press on Friday. The operation is at least the second time US troops have landed in Somalia […]
A Florida pastor who burned the Quran after a mock trial and guilty verdict in March missed the whole point of Islam’s most holy book, an imam said Saturday at a national Muslim convention in Harrisburg. “The Quran is the word of God,” Imam Mubasher Ahmad, head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
The Department of Defense has identified 1,633 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans this week: BERNIER, Nicholas P., 21, Specialist, Army; East Kingston, N.H.; 10th Mountain Division. GOYET, Mark R., 22, Lance […]
See our News of June 20th, 2011. This is an update: Officials with the group said they had to follow the guidelines of the International Weightlifting Federation, which mandated that elbows and knees be uncovered so judges could tell that athletes had fully locked them out when they lifted By […]
Oil dipped below $95 per barrel Friday after China reported that manufacturing rose at the slowest pace in over two years in June, pointing to a possible slowdown in energy demand. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery was down 69 cents to $94.73 a barrel on […]
By ARAB NEWS WASHINGTON: The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) and Americans for Peace Now (APN) started their joint summer internship program on Thursday. ATFP is hosting an Israeli student, and APN is hosting a Palestinian student. This is the third time that ATFP and APN, a pro-Palestinian organization […]
PARIS — The biggest financial institutions in Germany followed the lead of their French counterparts Thursday by agreeing to roll over some of their holdings of Greek debt — a crucial step toward obtaining international agreement on a second bailout for the crippled Greek economy. The German finance minister, Wolfgang […]
The US wants India to become one of its top 10 trading partners, treasury secretary Timothy Geithner said as the two countries agreed on improving access to each other’s markets. He made the remarks after meeting India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the second India-US Economic and Financial Partnership. India is currently the […]
Kashif Chaudhry: Jersey City Islam Examiner The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will host its 63rd Annual Convention from Friday July 1st through Sunday July 3rd at the PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA. Thousands of delegates will attend from across America and overseas. Among the purposes of […]
(CNN) — The near-tragedy unfolding on the streets of Athens could be a comedy, if the possible consequences were not so dire. With Europe pushing austerity measures on Greece in exchange for another round of bailouts, the Greek public in the streets responds with chants: “We won’t pay.” Faced with […]
This news item dates back to October, 2009. We show it so that our readers can see the views of the new Director General of the International Monetary Fund, regarding Islamic Finance. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (photo) is leading a governmental drive to attract investment from Muslim countries, in […]
The following article was published in HuffPostReligion by Faheem Younus: Southern Baptists should be commended for their actions on June 15. No, not for passing a resolution to support their belief in an “eternal, conscious punishment” (or hell) for non-Christians; they were dead wrong in understanding Jesus’ teachings there. But […]
Muslim woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch, says company fired her for refusing to remove headscarf Yahoo news Jason Dearen, Associated Press, On Monday June 27, 2011, 6:39 pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. sued the clothing retailer in federal court Monday, […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Nebraska’s flooded Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant is raising fears that other power plants in the United States are vulnerable to extreme weather events. The Nebraska plant, located along the swollen Missouri River, is currently surrounded by about two feet of water. The facility, designed to withstand […]